Re: low lying pillows, newspapers, and magazines are in danger!

2002-12-27 Thread Sara Steele
Hi, Chester is bored silly; that is his problem. So, give him a job to do. Take Chester to Obedience School. Dogs love to learn, and they love the one-on-one quality time they get in Obedience training. This will cost you one hour per week, plus 15-30 minutes, daily, doing "homework". Obedience, pl

BMD Web Sites

2002-12-27 Thread Burlile\\MemoriesBMDs
Oh, you guys are sooo helpful!! I have found Sharon our internet BMD tracker :) Thanks and Tailwags, Cathy, MemoriesBMDs

RE: information sheets

2002-12-27 Thread Pat Long & Paul Dangel
Andrea, Thanks for making the posters into a flyer sized format, outstanding!! Pat Long (& Luther) Berwyn PA -Original Message- From: Andrea Brin they are pdf files that you can download and use at local events or with ppo's: http://www.berner.org/compilations/pdf_links.htm

information sheets

2002-12-27 Thread Andrea Brin
if you are in need of information on the costs of a berner and the responsibilities inherent in owning one you might find the posters that have been added to berner.org useful. they are pdf files that you can download and use at local events or with ppo's. thanks to pat long for the great material.

BMD Web Sites

2002-12-27 Thread Burlile\\MemoriesBMDs
I cannot find an email addy for the person "keeping track" of the various internet sites listing Berners. Could someone please forward to me? Thanks! Happy Holiday Tailwags, Cathy, MemoriesBMDs

Re: We brought our cute puppy home!

2002-12-27 Thread Liz Steinweg & Crew
Don't know where you live, but check this out... >From the Happy Dog Website (web address: http://www.happydogfood.com/home.html): "You can find Happy Dog Food in pet stores and super markets in Colorado and California. Click here to find a store close to you or place your order at this site and w

Fw: Emailing: petition

2002-12-27 Thread Swisskiss BMD
Please read this,.. sign it... and forward it to as many people you can, you can make a difference. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---REMAINDER OF MESSAGE TRUNCATED---* * This post contains a forbidden message format

Re: ad in dog fancy

2002-12-27 Thread BernerFolk
In a message dated 12/16/2002 10:09:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > if you get dog fancy, check out the ad for the dobermans. has bmdca ever > thought of doing this kind of a counter ad in dog fancy? Andrea, I haven't seen the Dobe ad but I can tell you that the BMDCA

Re: 2003 Specialty

2002-12-27 Thread wendy beard
At 05:29 PM 24/12/2002 -0600, you wrote: My first Specialty! The specialty being on the west coast and not more than a 7 hour drive away from us, this is perfect, WRONG! I have made contact with the hotel and RV parks and even the names of the people to contact on the Specialty internet site and

We brought our cute puppy home!

2002-12-27 Thread Hildy F.
Hi everybody, I posted with you guys before and I thought to share Bijou's homecomming. Last Saturday, we brought our BMD pup Bijou home from Switzerland. We flew with Austrian Airline and Bijou stayed on either my husband's, my son's or my lab throughout the flight, which worked out great. In

Help Wanted-Archivist

2002-12-27 Thread BernerFolk
I'm hoping to find several folks among the BMD community who have *indexing skills* and an interest in applying them to all things Bernese. This team would build and maintain an index to articles appearing the Alpenhorn...starting with current issues and working all the way back to the format

Newfie breeders?

2002-12-27 Thread Janet Huston
A friend of mine is currently in search of a new dog, as her Lab recently passed away. Does anyone know of reputable breeders of labs or Newfoundlands in eastern PA, NJ, or New York? or at least were she can gather more info? Thanks in advance, Janet

Looking for a VET

2002-12-27 Thread Lisie Smith
I am planning on moving from my home in Idaho to Baltimore, Maryland in January. I will be going to Graduate School for 2 years there. I will need to find a VET in the Baltimore area. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help. Lisie Smith Driggs, ID Darby )Golden) and

pup who shreds pillows...lonely and bored!

2002-12-27 Thread Brnrmom
Could you puppy proof just one room, like your bedroom , a guest bedroom, a bathroom, a laundry room and close the door and leave him there. if you didnt want to crate him? Eileen already gave you some excellent advice. I especially agree that more exercise is definitely needed by this res

RE: Housetraining

2002-12-27 Thread Rose Tierney
Hi Eileen, I have a Llira, mine is sixteen week old Wilma who can cross her legs and hang on with the best of them UNTIL she gets indoors then deposits her load in the middle of the living room. Somewhere our wires are crossed!! Rose Tierney

Re: Your Brag Money at Work; Canine Research

2002-12-27 Thread Molly Bass
I just saw a blurb in Dog World magazine, the National Human Genome Research Institute at John Hopkins has now added the cow and the dog to the list of high-priority organisms for genome sequencing. The BMDCA has funded one lab in these efforts over a two year period. That's some of your brag

weaning off the crate...

2002-12-27 Thread heather moye
Hi everyone: My pup will be a year old in less than a month. I was wondering at what age do you wean a pup off the crate. He sleeps a lot better when he is in it at night (he roams around and can't get comfortable when he is out at night). I want him to have free range around the house durin

Re: low lying pillows, newspapers, and magazines are in danger!

2002-12-27 Thread Eileen Morgan
- Original Message - From: "Bonawitz, Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > He seems to know that it's bad since as soon > as we open the door and see it, he takes off. he is reading your body language, NOT having guilt pangs over a behavior over and done with long ago. Dogs don't have quite that

Re: Lumpy Gully

2002-12-27 Thread Eileen Morgan
- Original Message - From: "Jeannie Schoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I was kind of disappointed yesterday when I took my > lover boy BARC Gulliver to the Vet's. > He remains the same happy, playful, eating normally, > and with a lump in his upper lip! When Lliira the Pyr girl had a spider

Lumpy Gully

2002-12-27 Thread Jeannie Schoen
I was kind of disappointed yesterday when I took my lover boy BARC Gulliver to the Vet's. To begin with I could hardly force him inside. We didn't see our regular vet. The first thing the vet did was anal temp. which didn't make Gully fond of her. She didn't think once about the spider bite idea

low lying pillows, newspapers, and magazines are in danger!

2002-12-27 Thread Bonawitz, Greg
I have a 16 month old male Berner who has suddenly developed a bad habit. My wife and I both work, and for months Chester "behaved himself" perfectly while we were gone (we pretty much give him free reign in the house). In the past few weeks, all of a sudden, if there are any newspapers or magazin

Re: BERNER-L digest 4195

2002-12-27 Thread Orla P. Bowhall
-- Original Message -- From: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:01:05 CST > > BERNER-L Digest 4195 > >Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) Re: Merry Christmas > by "Kr

Your Brag Money at Work; Canine Research

2002-12-27 Thread Pat Long & Paul Dangel
I just saw a blurb in Dog World magazine, the National Human Genome Research Institute at John Hopkins has now added the cow and the dog to the list of high-priority organisms for genome sequencing. The BMDCA has funded one lab in these efforts over a two year period. That's some of your brag money